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Human Impact on Ecosystems Middle School Teacher Packet ® Human Impact on Ecosystems at the Ford Rouge Factory Tour Grades 6-8 Teacher Packet with Unit Plans Funded in part with a USGBC 2009 Excellence in Green Building Education Incentive Grant Teacher Packet Overview For nearly one hundred years, the Ford Rouge Complex has been an icon of American innovation. Now you and your students can view an industrial marvel through the lens of environmental innovation. In this unit, you and your students will use resources, documents and photographs from the Ford Rouge Factory Tour to explore the overarch- ing question, What role should citizens have in the restoration of an ecosystem? Students will also make relevant connections between historical and modern-day stewardship of the environment and their own lives today. This Teacher Packet is divided into two sections: a Teacher Guide and a Unit Plan. The Teacher Guide section in- cludes resources to complement the Human Impact on Ecosystems Unit Plan. You will find a glossary, a timeline, context-setting activities, a bibliography, curriculum links and curriculum-supporting field trip suggestions. The Unit Plan section follows this Teacher Guide and includes lesson plans, student handouts, answer keys, culminating project ideas, extension activities and review and assess- ment questions. If you cannot fit the whole unit into your schedule, use the lessons or activities most relevant to your needs. This Teacher Packet promotes educational use of The Henry Ford’s Ford Rouge Factory Tour. We hope you and your students will find these resources engaging and relevant. These resources are made possible, in part, with funding from a United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Excellence in Green Building Education Incentive Grant for Pre-K-12. thehenryford.org/education | Human Impact on Ecosystems Funded in part with a USGBC 2009 Excellence in Green Building Education Incentive Grant Contents Teacher Guide Lesson 2 | Damage to Ecosystems 5 Glossary 25 Lesson 2 Overview 6 Timeline 28 Student Activity Sheet 2: Everybody’s Mess 7 Suggested Bibliography 31 Answer Key 2 8 Connections to National and Michigan Standards and Expectations Lesson 3 | Rebuilding an Ecosystem 9 Online/On-site Resources 33 Lesson 3 Overview 37 Student Activity Sheet 3: A Case for Change – Innovation at Unit Plan the Rouge 12 Unit Plan Overview 43 Answer Key 3 Lesson 1 | Parts of an Ecosystem Supplemental Resources 14 Lesson 1 Overview 45 Thematic Sign 17 Student Activity Sheet 1: What Is a Wetland Worth? 46 Culminating Project Ideas 22 Answer Key 1 47 Student Activity Sheet 4: Review/Assessment Questions 49 Answer Key 4 51 Credits Funded, in part, with a USGBC 2009 Excellence in Green Building Education Incentive Grant © 2011 The Henry Ford. This content is offered for personal and educational use through an “Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike” Creative Commons. If you have questions or feedback regarding these materials, please contact [email protected]. Human Impact on Ecosystems | thehenryford.org/education Human Impact on Ecosystems | Teacher Guide 4 :: thehenryford.org/education | Human Impact on Ecosystems Glossary Abiotic – elements of an ecosystem that are not, and Producer – an organism that uses energy from the sun never were, alive. to produce its own food. Adaptation – adjustment to environmental conditions. Remediation – the process of remedying a problem. Biotic – elements of an ecosystem that are or were Responsible manufacturing – manufacturing processes alive. that attempt to produce goods while inflicting as little harm as possible on the environment. Brownfield – a parcel of land that was used for indus- trial or commercial purposes and may be contaminated. Sedum – a large genus of flowering succulents.* Consumer – an organism that must eat other organisms Superfund – the federal government’s program to to get energy. locate, investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; adminis- Decomposers – organisms that feed on producers or tered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). consumers and return nutrients to the surrounding soil or water. Swale – a low-lying and often wet stretch of land. Ecosystem – a group of organisms that live close to- Watershed – a region or area that drains to a particular gether and the environment in which they live. watercourse or body of water. Food chain – how energy is passed on in an ecosystem. Wetland – land or areas (such as marshes or swamps) A food web is a collection of interrelated food chains. that are covered with shallow water or have soil satu- rated with moisture. Innovation – a new idea, method or device. Source: LEED certification – Leadership in Energy and Envi- * definition from Wikipedia ronmental Design certification is an internationally ** definition from www.greenworks.tv accepted green building certification.* Living roof – a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium planted over a waterproof membrane. It may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems.* Orchard – a planting of fruit trees, nut trees or sugar maple trees. Porous pavement – a paving surface that allows water to seep through to a reservoir underneath.** Human Impact on Ecosystems | thehenryford.org/education :: 5 Environmental Milestones in the USA Timeline 1891 Forest Reserve Act passes Congress; sets aside over 17 million acres of forested land. Ford Motor Company History and Green Initiatives 1892 1,000 Londoners die due to smog. 1903 Ford Motor Company is founded. 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps formed; 2,000 camps opened; trees planted; roads, fire 1908 Henry Ford introduces the Model T. towers, buildings and bridges constructed. 1913 Ford introduces a moving assembly line for 1955 The first international air pollution confer- auto production. ence is held. 1915 Henry Ford purchases 2,000 acres of marsh- 1957 Increasing CO2 buildup is one surprising land along the Rouge River in Dearborn. conclusion of Scripps Oceanographic Insti- tute scientists. 1917 Construction of the Rouge Plant begins. 1970 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1935 National Farm Chemurgic Council founded; founded. dedicated to industrial use of renewable agri- cultural resources. 1980 Superfund legislation is passed by Congress directing the EPA to clean up abandoned 1997 Ford automotive plants first to achieve world toxic waste dumps. environmental standard ISO 14001. 1990s Strong national opinion polls favor environ- 1997 Ford and the UAW sign Rouge Viability ment over economic development. Agreement to revitalize the Rouge. 2006 Documentary film An Inconvenient Truth 2000 Ford Rouge Center’s new assembly plant is opens, stimulating awareness of climate the centerpiece of the nation’s largest indus- change issues. trial redevelopment project and features a living roof. 2010 BP oil spill devastates ecosystem in Gulf of Mexico. 2003 Ford Motor Company Rouge Complex recog- nized with a Leadership in Energy and Environ- mental Design (LEED) Award. National and World Events 1939 World War II begins. Great San Francisco earthquake. 1906 1945 End of World War II and beginning of baby boom generation. 1909 First explorers reach the North Pole. 1969 Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon. World War I begins in Russia. 1914 2001 9/11 Terrorists hijack planes, crashing them in 1929 U.S. stock market crashes; Great Depression New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. begins. 6 :: thehenryford.org/education | Human Impact on Ecosystems Suggested Bibliography Easy Reader*: Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Albert, Richard E. Alejandro’s Gift. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. Zoehfeld, Kathleen. Ladybug at Orchard Avenue. Nor- walk CT: Sound Prints, 1996. Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997. Young Teens: Bang, Molly. Common Ground: The Water, Earth and Air Cooper, Susan. Green Boy. New York : Margaret K. We Share. New York: Blue Sky Press, 1997. McElderry Books, 2002. Burningham, John. Hey! Get Off Our Train. New York: Doolittle, Bev and Elise Maclay. The Earth Is My Crown Publishing, 1989. Mother. Shelton, CT: Greenwich Workshop Press, 1999. Fife, Dale H. The Empty Lot. San Francisco: Sierra Club Golio, Janet and Mike. A Present from the Past: An Books, 1991. Environmental Adventure. Santa Monica, CA: Portunus Publishing. Co., 1995. Fleming, Denise. Where Once There Was a Wood. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1996. Hiaasen, Carl. Flush. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Herzog, Brad. S is for Save the Planet: A How-to-Be- Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Green Alphabet. Sleeping Bear Press, 2009. Nixon, Joan Lowery. Shadowmaker. New York: Dela- Holling, Holling C. Paddle-to-the-Sea. New York: Hough- corte Press, 1994. ton Mifflin, 1941. Thompson, Julian F. Gypsyworld. New York: H. Holt, Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Washing the Willow Tree 1992. Loon. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. O’Callahan. Jay. Herman and Marguerite: An Earth Story. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishing, 1996. * Easy Reader books can be read aloud in class as a context-setting activity or used as independent reading Parker, Steve. (1988). Pond and River. DK Eyewitness for below-grade-level readers. Books. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Peet, Bill. The Wump World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. Seuss, Dr. The Lorax. New York: Random House, 1971. Showers, Paul. Where Does the Garbage Go? New York: HarperCollins Juvenile Books, 1974. Human Impact on Ecosystems | thehenryford.org/education :: 7 Connections to National and Michigan Standards and Expectations National Standards for Science Education L.EC.06.31 Identify the living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components of an ecosystem. Life Science L.EC.06.32 Earth and Space Science Identify the factors in an ecosystem that influence changes in population size. Science and Technology L.EC.06.41 Science in Personal and Social Perspectives Describe how human beings are part of the ecosystem of the Earth and that human activity can purposefully, History and Nature of Science or accidentally, alter the balance in ecosystems.
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